Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution, predatory lesbians, a fugitive murderess, bondage, branding, and one supremely sadistic monk. It's a twisted tale of strange desires, perverse pleasures and the ultimate corruption of innocence as told by the Marquis de Sade.
An asocial and enigmatic office clerk refuses to do his work, leaving it up to his boss to decide what should be done with him.
